During the closing ceremony of “the 4th International Women’s Film Festival – Herat” held in Kabul, Afghanistan on 22 Oct. 2016 the winners of this edition of the festival were announced.
The short fiction “Mirror” and the animation “Station” both directed by Vega Moqarabi from Afghanistan received the Special awards of the Jury.
Mirror
Director: Vega Moqarabi, Afghan
Genre: Short Fiction
Date & Country of Production: 2016, Afghanistan
Language: Dari
Duration: 10 minutes
Synopsis: This is the story of a psychotic man who has had an accident.
Station
Director: Vega Moqarabi, Afghan
Genre: Animation
Date & Country of Production: 2016, Afghanistan/
Language: Dari
Duration: 3 minutes
Synopsis: The story is about a girl who is waiting.
Director’s Biography and Filmography
Vega Moqarabi graduated in Film Directing from Fine Arts Faculty, Kabul University. She has received two Plates of Appreciation at the 2nd Student Theatre Festival for Mixing and Stage Design and has held several photo exhibitions. Her works include directing of four short films: Yesterday’s hero (documentary), Escape (artistic), Station (animation) and Mirror (artistic).
